Tangled Yarns
Where GAD is reviewed, analyzed, and connected. Hopefully.
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“The Riddle of the Third Mile” by Colin Dexter
Next up for New Horizons is an author whom I have long wanted to dive into, and authors I’ve been wanting to get into are a big reason I started this little project. I’ve wanted to start reading Colin Dexter because of his skills in combining intricate puzzle plots with literary storytelling – a combination…
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“Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone” by Benjamin Stevenson
So I’ve neglected my own personal challenge, one which requires a pace of 2 books per month, during the entirety of February. Whoops. In my defense, I’d chosen this book as my next selection about midway through the month, started it, then realized I had a couple of busy weeks ahead of me. No problem,…
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“The Bishop Murder Case” by S. S. Van Dine
I mentioned back during my The Devil to Pay review that although I generally enjoyed Ellery Queen, a couple of bad experiences caused me to take a year-long hiatus from him. So it seems, too, that I have neglected my dear Philo Vance for over half a year, since I read The Greene Murder Case…
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“Death’s Old Sweet Song” by Jonathan Stagge
I knew that I would be having a busy week last week, so I decided that my next read should be something light and fun, that I could knock out in a weekend, and that I could fit into my New Horizons project. As fate would have it, my hardcover copy of Death’s Old Sweet…
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“The Tokyo Zodiac Murders” by Soji Shimada
And so the 2023 Reading Season kicks off with a much revered novel. My first selection of the year – and incidentally the first book that counts towards my personal New Horizons Challenge for 2023 – just happens to be the novel that spearheaded the shin honkaku movement in Japan, the authors of which have…
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New Year, New Yarn: A (Rather Belated) Look Back at 2022 + Goals and a Challenge for the Year Ahead
I’m told that New Year’s Resolutions are usually fashioned on the first day of the New Year. Such is not the case for me. Once again my schedule has overflowed and I’ve had to put this off for a couple weeks. It’s rather ironic – I started this blog last April, about a year into…
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“Glass Onion” (Written & Directed) by Rian Johnson
Yes, the rumors are true! I do watch movies. Watching films was actually one of my bigger hobbies before I got back into GAD. There were a few years where I committed myself to watching all the great, auteur-directed, Sight-&-Sound-ranked films of our time. I watched a little bit of everything – your Citizen Kanes,…
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“The Devil to Pay” by Ellery Queen
I have a bit of a… complicated relationship with Ellery Queen. Dannay and Lee are two of my favorite GAD authors, but I haven’t read an Ellery Queen in about a year! I think the main problem is that I’m more in love with the concept of the Queen oeuvre than with the oeuvre itself.…
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“Heads You Lose” by Christianna Brand
A few evenings ago, I was in the middle of reading Heads You Lose by Christianna Brand, with the radio on (I know… the radio… how old-fashioned.) Anyway, my local classical/jazz station was broadcasting a recent performance by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, which was strange because I live nowhere near Milwaukee. It was an eclectic…
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“Everything changes. A world is going to end. A world begins. It’s in your hands to decide if it will be one of darkness or light. There isn’t a minute to lose.”
– Jean Cocteau, Letter to the Americans
Next on the Blog:
- The Gold Solution by Herbert Resnicow
Waiting in the Wings:
- The Gilded Man by John Dickson Carr
- The Case of the Shoplifter’s Shoe by Erle Stanley Gardner
- The Red Right Hand by Joel Townsley Rogers
- Cat’s Paw by Roger Scarlett
- Too Many Cooks by Rex Stout
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